Neighbours rally around Cooroibah couple as home burns down

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Fire fighters are working to put out a house fire at Glenridge Dr, Cooroibah

Emergency services were called about 11.30am

The single-storey home was engulfed in flames when crews arrived

No one has been hurt

LATEST: AN ELDERLY Cooroibah couple have had to flee their home as it erupted in flames around lunchtime.

Neigbours of the shocked fire victims rallied to comfort them as six fire units responded to the blaze in the secluded Glenridge Dr single storey brick home.

A Tewantin fire unit was first on the scene followed by a Noosa unit but the lack of town water made fighting the fire that much harder as water from a dam and the tanks of rural fire units were used as back-up.

Queensland Ambulance Service responding officer Mark Taylor said the house was already up in flames as he arrived.

"It's tragic, the house went up very, very quickly ... it was completely involved when we got here and we followed the second fire engine in," he said.

Mr Taylor said the couple were lucky to be unhurt.

"When we arrived the occupants were actually out of the fire," Mr Taylor said.

"At the minute we're just maintaining supervision of them, making sure they're okay and that they're not suffering from heat exhaustion and smoke inhalation.